EMBARGOED UNTIL: 10 A.M. EDT, JULY 29, 1997 (TUESDAY) Public Information Office CB97-122 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Jennifer Day 301-457-2464 Nearly Nine in 10 Young Adults Graduate From High School, Census Bureau Reports Eighty-seven percent of young adults age 25 to 29 had received high school diplomas in March 1996, according to tabulations released today on the Internet by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau. These tabulations include 16 detailed tables that provide data on educational attainment by such characteristics as age, race, sex, Hispanic origin, labor force status, occupation, income and marital status. Highlights include: - 82 percent of all adults ages 25 and over have completed high school and 24 percent had completed a bachelor's degree or more. - 82 percent of women 25 years and over had earned a high school diploma and 21 percent completed a bachelor's degree or more. - Annual average earnings in 1995 for persons 18 years and over with a bachelor's degree as their highest degree were $36,980. - 89 percent of the employed civilian labor force ages 25 and over had a high school degree or more. The tabulations, titled "Educational Attainment in the United States: March 1996 (Update)," are available on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education.html. A paper version of the same tables (PPL-56) may be obtained from the Census Bureau's Public Information Office. Data are from the March 1996 Current Population Survey. As in all surveys, the data are subject to sampling variability and other sources of error.-X-The Census Bureau--pre-eminent collector and provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America's people, businesses, industries and institutions.
